Although it may seem an unpleasant thought, but it’s a fact of life that roofs don’t last for ever. Any house will require some general roofing maintenance form time to time, some roofing styles more than others, and even metal roofing will need some maintenance. The key is to know the signs that you need some roofing maintenance and keep in top notch shape, before it becomes a major problem. And next are some things you should look for that will tell you if some roofing maintenance is required.
Although it may not seem to be a part of the roof per se, but your gutters are important. You need to check them for large amounts of shingle gravel, and if you find it then this may warrant a closer inspection of the surface of the shingles to look for patches of little or no gravel cover.
Looking for popped or protruding nails is an important part of roofing maintenance. Nails can oftentimes be seen or felt as a bump under the overlap area in the shingles and these are the signs that aging has occurred and that the nails have lost their grip.
Doing proper roofing maintenance means that you must inspect for loose or missing flashing around vent pipes and chimneys. Inspect where they’re caulked down, and look for cracks or missing areas in the caulk.
A very important part of a roofing maintenance inspection is to look for holes or potential holes in the valleys. Valleys are a particular heavy wear point for a roof, this is the place where two or more sections of roof coverage and drainage from the sections come together in a central location. Even those roofs that have galvanized tin or copper flashing covers are subject to wear because time and the elements will erode the galvanization from the tin, subjecting it to rusting through.
The bottom line is that if your roof is more than a decade old, you should have it inspected at least semi-annually.
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